named-like-this.obj

[Kirk McDonald]

pragma wrote:
> I found myself using rebuild a lot recently.  I especially like how it 
> generates all the .obj files in a single directory, rather than all over 
> the place - it makes cleanup a bit easier.
> 
> So the hyphenated-namespace.obj technique: does this have a name?
> 
> The reason why I ask is I'm bound to reference this in my project 
> documentation at some point, and I'd like to have something convenient 
> to call it.
> 
> I find myself wanting to call it "Gregorian Notation", but perhaps 
> there's something better (or more punny) waiting in the wings?

The original name used in #d and so forth when the feature was added is 
"fully-qualified object files," or sometimes "FQN object files." That q 
is where the q in the -oq command-line option to Rebuild comes from.

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Kirk McDonald
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